Who: Dorthaan Kirk, Bobby McFerrin, Roscoe Mitchell, Reggie Workman, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Terri Lyne Carrington, Mary Anne Carter, Randall Kline, James Carter, Gerald Clayton, Vincent Davis, Lisa Fischer, Morgan Guerin, Oliver Lake, Christian McBride, Jevon McFerrin, Madison McFerrin, Taylor McFerrin, Kanoa Mendenhall, Junius Paul, Steve Turre, the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars
What: Livestreamed tribute concert and discussion
Where: National Endowment for the Arts, SFJAZZ Center
When: Thursday, August 20, free, 8:00
Why: The National Endowment for the Arts will be honoring the 2020 class of Jazz Masters with a virtual tribute concert on August 20 at 8:00; this year’s honorees are Dorthaan Kirk, Bobby McFerrin, Roscoe Mitchell, and Reggie Workman, who will perform and receive their accolades from wherever they are sheltering in place. The evening will be hosted by 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater and also features appearances by NEA chairman Mary Anne Carter, SFJAZZ founder and executive artistic director Randall Kline, music director Terri Lyne Carrington, and musicians Ambrose Akinmusire, James Carter, Gerald Clayton, Vincent Davis, Lisa Fischer, Morgan Guerin, Oliver Lake, Christian McBride, Jevon McFerrin, Madison McFerrin, Taylor McFerrin, Kanoa Mendenhall, Junius Paul, Steve Turre, and the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars. Following the concert, Kline will moderate a live, interactive Q&A with the newly inducted masters in which the audience can ask questions on YouTube.